The IONIQ5 is also evidence that if Tesla ever did have a lead on "design" of EVs, that lead is now lost. The IONIQ5 looks... cool. When I see one on the street, it stands out, and I want one, even though I don't really care for cars or EVs. Teslas had some of that feeling in the early days, but they seem very pedestrian to me now.
Could just be my brain being weird. Or could be the fact that there are Teslas freakin' everywhere in most of the (non-aggressively-red-to-the-point-of-drinking-gasoline) USA now.
I edited my previous comment but yes. What I wrote is that Tesla isn't anymore in a market where it's the only relevant EV maker and now Porsche, Mercedes and even Korean automakers make much more appealing EVs than what Tesla has in the lineup.
Could just be my brain being weird. Or could be the fact that there are Teslas freakin' everywhere in most of the (non-aggressively-red-to-the-point-of-drinking-gasoline) USA now.